Hide away bed gates



June 26, 1956 R. LUCAS 2,751,608

HIDE AWAY BED GATES Filed Sept. 17, 1955 INVENT OR 6 eorye filacas limited States Patent HIDE AWAY BED GATES George R. Lucas, Detroit, Mich.

Application September 17, 1953, Serial No. 380,738

1 Claim. (Cl. -331) This invention relates to a hide away bed gate or guard.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a bed gate or guard which can be pushed out of sight when not needed.

It is another object of the invention to provide a bed gate or guard which can be easily assembled or dismantled by the housewife without the use of tools.

It is another object of the invention to provide a bed gate adapted to be installed upon a bed which can be knocked down and assembled into a small package for shipping or storage.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a bed gate having the above objects in mind which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts, easy to assemble, durable, of pleasing appearance and efiective and eflicient in use.

For a better understanding of the invention reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the bed gate assembled upon a bed and with portion of the bed and mattress thereof being broken away to show the full bed gate assembly,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of the bottom support of the bed gate,

Fig. 3 is an elevatioual view of one of the side guards,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on line 44 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of one corner of the support with illustration being made as to the manner which the guard members may be assembled thereon, either to stand vertical to prevent the patient from falling out of bed or horizontal and out of the Way.

Referring now to the figures, 10 represents a side frame member of a bed connected to a head 11. A bed spring 12 is supported on the bed and over this spring is extended a mattress 13. The bed gate of the present invention is indicated generally at 14 and is mounted on the bed spring 12. This assembly 14 comprises a bottom support part 15 that rests upon the springs 12 and extends downwardly over the sides thereof, and side gate members 16 and 17 assembled on the opposite ends thereof and projecting upwardly beyond the mattress top surface to provide a guard for the patient or child.

The horizontal support 15 comprises four large diameter tubes 18, 19, and 21. The tubes 18 and 19 are assembled upon an intermediate small tube or rod 22. The tubes 20 and 21 are assembled upon a small tube or rod 23. The large tubes are extended to a position to extend over the width of the bed with the ends of the tubes aligned with the side edges of the springs.

The tubes 18 and 20 are held in spaced relationship by a rod 24 having the ends of the same provided with a fork 25 tightly gripping the tubes 18 and 20. The tubes 19 and 21 are similarly 'held in spaced relationship by rod 26 having fork gripping portions 27 on the opposite ends thereof and respectively gripping the tubes.

Welded to the outer end of each tube is a vertical socket 28. The weld is indicated at 29. Each of the guards 16 and 17 is constructed as shown more clearly in Fig. 3 of vertical members 30 and 31 bent at their upper ends as indicated respectively at 30' and 31'. Between these bent up ends is fitted a spacing member 32. A closure sheet 33 is provided within each side guard. This sheet has a plurality of grommets 34 through each of which extend a ring 35 for connecting the sheet to the vertical supports 30 and 31 and the spacing member 32. The vertical supports 30 and 31 are fitted into the sockets 28 to hold the guard in an upright manner on the end of the horizontal support 15. So long as this guard is in place it provides an obstruction at the side of the bed to prevent the patient from falling therefrom.

When the guard is not needed it can be removed from the sockets 28 and the members 30 and 31 inserted into the ends of tubes 18 and 20 or 19 and 21 and out of the way.

It will be apparent that there has been provided a hide away bed gate or guard device wherein the guard members can be easily assembled upon the bed without the need of special tools for attaching their supports to the bed and wherein the guards when removed from the sockets can be hid away in the horizontal support and under the mattress when not needed.

While various changes may be made in the detailed construction it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

I claim:

A hide away bed gate construction comprising a horizontal tubular support having spaced tubular assemblies adapted to span the spring of a bed, means for holding the tubular assemblies in longitudinally spaced relationship and a vertically extending side secured to each end of the tubular assemblies, guard members of inverted U- shape having vertical support members adapted to be fitted into said vertical extending sockets or into the ends of the tubular assemblies when not in use, each of the tubular assemblies comprising large diameter tubes and an intermediate small diameter tube spacing said large diameter tubes and having slight fit engagement therewith to permit the extension of the tube assemblies, and vertical sheets lying within each of said U-shaped side guards and having grommets along the edges thereof and tie members extending through the grommets and slidably fitted along the guard parts, each of said sockets depending from the ends of said tubular assemblies and adapted to abut the sides of the spring, the upper ends of said sockets lying below the ends of said assemblies to permit the insertion therewithin of said vertical support members, said means for holding the tubular assemblies in the longitudinally spaced relationship comprising a pair of rods disposed at right angles to said tubes and terminating in bifurcated portions adapted to embrace said large diameter tubes.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 198,301 Jensen Dec. 18, 1877 518,733 Cook Apr. 24, 1894 1,082,680 Danielson Dec. 30, 1913 1,993,437 Ferguson Mar. 5, 1935 

